Who is Vijay Kumar Vaishakh? The net bowler who blew away Delhi Capitals in his debut

 

Vijay Kumar Vaishakh (Vyashak Vijay Kumar), a name that probably no one knew till yesterday, but now all cricket fans want to know about Vijay. Yes, Vijay Kumar Vaishakh is the same player who destroyed the batting order of the star-studded Delhi Capitals in his IPL debut match and took three wickets by dismissing Akshar Patel and Lalit Yadav along with David Warner. Against Delhi Capitals, Vijay gave only 20 runs in his quota of 4 overs and bowled economically. Very few people know that Vijay's journey to success has passed through struggle. Today we will tell you about them only.

were unsold in the auction

Sadness comes before happiness. If you also believe this, then you will definitely understand victory. In fact, in the IPL auction 2023 where many players became millionaires in one way, on the other hand Vijay Kumar could not find any buyer. This gun bowler remained unsold during the auction. However, mid-season, Vijay's fortunes turned around and Royal Challengers Bangalore included him in the team as a replacement for their injured batsman Rajat Patidar. Although Vijay is a bowler, but he has hit fours on occasion.

The players of this team used to bowl in the nets

Very few people know that Vijay Kumar, who joined RCB as a replacement for Rajat Patidar, was earlier a net bowler. Actually, Vijay was the net bowler of RCB. He was selected by the RCB management as a net bowler to give practice to the batsmen of his team. But here he impressed everyone with his bowling skills and he became a part of the team in no time.

Plays domestic cricket for Karnataka

The 26 year old Vyashak Vijay Kumar plays domestic cricket for Karnataka. This player has played 15 T20 matches so far in which he has taken a total of 25 wickets. Apart from this, he has 11 wickets in 7 List A matches and a total of 38 wickets in 10 First Class matches.